The Adventures Of Woodeny. The Story Of A Doll And Other Stories.
£15.00
Publisher
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
Place
London
Date
[n.d.,c.1923]
Synopsis
By mrs w. a. holman.
Item Description
8vo. 7 x 5 inches. [iv] + 121 + [2] pp. Bound in original red cloth with black decorations and white titles. A little wear to extremities, sunning of spine, browning of flyleaves and foxing largely confined to edges. Paper fault on lower margin of p. 61-62; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by colour frontispiece and by drawings in text, including whole page and chapter headings. Juvenile short stories by Ada Augusta Holman, nee Kidgell, (1869-1949), journalist and novelist, who was married to William Arthur Holman (1871-1934), who was Premier of New South Wales, 1913-20. It was first published in 1917 as Little Miss Anzac: the True Story of an Australian Doll. The book also includes The Little Robinson Crusoes, by Harold Avery and The Moat-House Mystery, by Ethel Talbot.
[Stock No. 28578]
